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I have a great craft store in town, but one thing that they don't stock is cheap embroidery hoops. I've been looking online for somewhere to buy them and am just comming across huge postage fees. The best I have found is craft4less. They have a flat $8 postage fee, which is great if you want to buy loads of stuuf (which I easily could if my budget would allow!). Can anyone suggest anywhere that is good to buy embroidery hoops from? Even a store that I can call and order over the phone from? I don't get to the 'big town' very often so that is not usually an option.

In my wanderings on the web I came across this place: http://www.needlecraft.biz/ezimerchant/category89_1.htm - no idea what postage is like but might be worth checking out.Also keep an eye out on Ebay, there's not much there at present but it's worth checking there every so often.

Just had a good look around that place you linker. Just be careful there, the prices they display are before GST! Postage was a bit cheeper, but since the hoops were about twice the price, it looks like I will be buying from craft4less. Luckily I found a 6 and an 8" hoop in my store cupboard, so I'm sorted for my current swap commitments.

I wasn't planning on buying through them, plus when I looked I had to tell it to convert to Australian because my browser often makes sites pick up GBP rather than AUD, so mine only showed Australian with GST.I didn't really know if they were good prices or not, just came across it when I was searching for punch needle gear.